I don't feel like a hogwarts student at all.

[Captain Flappy]

I can go where I like when I like, even professors bedrooms, there is no curfew, no punishment for using unforgivable curses in the school (edit. you can't do this, my bad. but you can still use them elsewhere in the world with no repurcussions my bad..)
no interactive lessons, students don't even react to me, I have no real school friends and the common rooms are just pointless and there is nothing to do in them.

I feel more like a professor or visitor to the school.
I do enjoy the game, but after playing games like bully (or even skool daze for fellow older gamers) where I truly felt like a student, this is a massive of a letdown in that area.
(playing on PS5 before people jump down my throat for not owning it.)

[spicy little monkey]

You can't use unforgivables at Hogwarts without a mod.

[The Tempted Man]

The budget went into the graphics and the models and ubisoft perfected filling the world with filler mini-games, to hide that they world is empty, doesn't react to anything the player does in a meaningfull manner. But what did you expect? The last game Avalanche did was Cars 3.

[Psyringe]

Well, it's an action-adventure game, not a simulation of the life of a Hogwarts student. I think it's pretty decent for what it's trying to do. If you expected a simulation-type game, then it's understandable that you're disappointed, but such a game was not the experience that the developers aimed for.

Personally, while I noticed the lack of actual "school life" after the initial stages of the game, that did not break my immersion. I simply took it as a story that focuses on interesting events that take place over an entire year, and skips the trivial stuff that happens in between. I thought that the on-boarding (your arrival at Hogwarts, the first conversations with students in your dorm, the first classes) did a pretty good job at establishing how school life would be, so it wasn't difficult for me to assume that those things would continue throughout the year, while the playable story focuses on more exciting things.

[Warrior at the Edge of Time]

Try installing NPC Schedule Enhanced mod, it gives NPC schedules (they don't disappear at night), vendors in Hogsmeade close for the night. It's a step towards immersion and I hope there will be a complete AI Overhaul mod to make vanilla dull world alive.

[stardust]

The PS1 and PS2 games gave a much better feeling "being a student"

[Gelse]

this game is rushed and poorly ported to pc. the quality is like a movie of warner bros. so don't expect to get something good.

[Captain_Cole]

Originally posted by Captain Flappy:

I can go where I like when I like, even professors bedrooms, there is no curfew, no punishment for using unforgivable curses in the school (edit. you can't do this, my bad. but you can still use them elsewhere in the world with no repurcussions my bad..)
no interactive lessons, students don't even react to me, I have no real school friends and the common rooms are just pointless and there is nothing to do in them.

I feel more like a professor or visitor to the school.
I do enjoy the game, but after playing games like bully (or even skool daze for fellow older gamers) where I truly felt like a student, this is a massive of a letdown in that area.
(playing on PS5 before people jump down my throat for not owning it.)

RPG very light for you. It's a game aimed very much at potter heads and you can tell. Once you get past the shiny it's an enjoyable game but very hollow of anything meaningful.

[Coldhands]

Yeah, trying to make the PC a student was a bad fit for this game.

[Captain Flappy]

Originally posted by Gelse:

this game is rushed and poorly ported to pc. the quality is like a movie of warner bros. so don't expect to get something good.

i'm not talking about the PC port. i'm talking about the game in general. as said I play the PS5 version.

[Captain Flappy]

Originally posted by Captain_Cole:

Originally posted by Captain Flappy:

I can go where I like when I like, even professors bedrooms, there is no curfew, no punishment for using unforgivable curses in the school (edit. you can't do this, my bad. but you can still use them elsewhere in the world with no repurcussions my bad..)
no interactive lessons, students don't even react to me, I have no real school friends and the common rooms are just pointless and there is nothing to do in them.

I feel more like a professor or visitor to the school.
I do enjoy the game, but after playing games like bully (or even skool daze for fellow older gamers) where I truly felt like a student, this is a massive of a letdown in that area.
(playing on PS5 before people jump down my throat for not owning it.)

RPG very light for you. It's a game aimed very much at potter heads and you can tell. Once you get past the shiny it's an enjoyable game but very hollow of anything meaningful.

Yeah, I have to say I was blown away at the detail at first (i am a fan of Harry potter, even as a 39 year old.) but when that goes away the actual game underneath is fairly shallow. not the worst game I have ever played by a long shot. just not as good as it could have been.

[Coldhands]

They made magical Assassin's Creed instead of magical Bully. It's pretty shallow and doesn't feel like Harry Potter. It LOOKS like Harry Potter, and is real good at showing HP fans things they'll recognize, but the actual game is very much just another Ubisoft-style open world game.

[medledan16]

Originally posted by Captain Flappy:

I can go where I like when I like, even professors bedrooms, there is no curfew, no punishment for using unforgivable curses in the school (edit. you can't do this, my bad. but you can still use them elsewhere in the world with no repurcussions my bad..)
no interactive lessons, students don't even react to me, I have no real school friends and the common rooms are just pointless and there is nothing to do in them.

I feel more like a professor or visitor to the school.
I do enjoy the game, but after playing games like bully (or even skool daze for fellow older gamers) where I truly felt like a student, this is a massive of a letdown in that area.
(playing on PS5 before people jump down my throat for not owning it.)

Honestly this is the worst that Ubisoft-style worlds. I loved the game for the 1st 10 hours walking around Hogwarts but I am bored to death. Merlin puzzle every 15 ft...really

[Captain Flappy]

Originally posted by Coldhands:

They made magical Assassin's Creed instead of magical Bully. It's pretty shallow and doesn't feel like Harry Potter. It LOOKS like Harry Potter, and is real good at showing HP fans things they'll recognize, but the actual game is very much just another Ubisoft-style open world game.

exactly that. When the game was first revealed ages ago magical bully is exactly what I was hoping for. actually feeling like a student at school.
Even just before launch pretty much everyone thought we would at least have companions (like harry did with Ron and Hermione) but it just feels very lonely in this school.

[Captain Flappy]

Originally posted by medledan16:

Originally posted by Captain Flappy:

I can go where I like when I like, even professors bedrooms, there is no curfew, no punishment for using unforgivable curses in the school (edit. you can't do this, my bad. but you can still use them elsewhere in the world with no repurcussions my bad..)
no interactive lessons, students don't even react to me, I have no real school friends and the common rooms are just pointless and there is nothing to do in them.

I feel more like a professor or visitor to the school.
I do enjoy the game, but after playing games like bully (or even skool daze for fellow older gamers) where I truly felt like a student, this is a massive of a letdown in that area.
(playing on PS5 before people jump down my throat for not owning it.)

Honestly this is the worst that Ubisoft-style worlds. I loved the game for the 1st 10 hours walking around Hogwarts but I am bored to death. Merlin puzzle every 15 ft...really

Yep. I was all set to 100% this game... until I saw exactly how many puzzles there were, and how repetitive they were. If they had half the number of trials but actually put effort into them like the ones in BOTW it would have been so much better.

[Tipz]

I agree, as soon as I realized I was a supernaturally gifted wizard teenager that was exceptionally late enrolled I I felt like someone just robbed me.. I decided to give it a chance but its doesn't feel Hogwarts at all.. I'm a teenager that has never gone to school, but more powerful than any wizard ever.. how could they think that would ever be believable?